SPACE DOGS
Austria, Germany / 2019 / 91'
SPACE DOGS
Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. According to a legend, she returned to Earth as a ghost and has roamed the streets of Moscow ever since. Following her trace, and filmed from a dog’s perspective, the camera accompanies the adventures of her descendants: two street dogs living in today’s Moscow. Their story is one of intimate fellowship but also relentless brutality, and is interwoven with unseen archive material from the Soviet cosmic era. A magical tale of voyagers scouting for unknown spaces.
Directors: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Script: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Photography: Yunus Roy Imer
Editing: Jan Soldat, Stephan Bechinger
Sound: Simon Peter, Jonathan Schorr
Music: Paradox Paradise
Production: Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter
Co-production: Annekatrin Hendel
Festivals and awards:
- Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland (2019)
- Vienna Film Award for Best Austrian Film and Erste Bank’s ExtraVALUE Film Award – Viennale, Austria (2019)
- Sevilla IFF, Spain (2019)
- Special Jury Award – Fidocs, Chile (2019)
- Best Cinematography Award – Diagonale, Austria (2020)
- Special Jury Award – Fidocs, Chile (2019)
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